Definitions for: Cavendish

[n] British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)

Webster (1913) Definition: Cav"en*dish, n.
Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or
cakes.

Cut cavendish, the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking.

Synonyms: Henry Cavendish

See Also: chemist, physicist